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We shouldn't swim in sewage

Poor communication among local health officials about spills needlessly endangers L.A. swimmers.

January 28, 2007

THERE'S NOTHING like a day at the beach. A peaceful snooze in the sunshine on white sands, some sandcastle building, a little swim through the raw sewage, rocked by warm waves of concentrated fecal bacteria….

L.A. and the state have made strides in cleaning up the filthy waters at local beaches, passing tough anti-pollution laws and spending millions to better control urban runoff. But forget about great white sharks; just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water comes news that the sewage-spill warning system is horribly broken.

--> just when you thought 부터 과거시제를 쓴 건, 예전에는 상어떼 때문에 물에 들어가는 걸 꺼렸지만, 이 사람이 forget about great white sharks라고 했으니, 기존의 생각대로라면 이젠 안심하고 물에 들어가도 생각할 거라는 가정 때문에 과거시제를 쓴 걸까요?

 

그리고 그 다음에 comes news that~하면서 이 사람이 조심하라고, 진짜 물에 들어가는게 위험한 이유는 이거다...라고 말하는 것이라서,

 

과거시제와 현재시제를 혼용해서 쓴 걸까요?

A county audit shows that Los Angeles County has records for just 19 of the 208 major sewage spills since 2002. Local water officials are supposed to report a spill to the county if they think it will affect local beaches, and it's possible they didn't report every spill. Still, it beggars belief that more than 90% of the county's sewage spills in the last five years had no effect on beaches. These spills either went unreported or the reports simply disappeared into the black hole of the county bureaucracy.

The result is that coastal waters weren't tested after the spills, beaches weren't closed and beachgoers may have found themselves unknowingly swimming in contaminated waters.

There is no need for more laws to protect the public. If anything, there are already too many, creating varying notification requirements that lead to confusion and communication breakdowns. The problem is a total lack of coordination.

County Supervisor Don Knabe is expected on Tuesday to seek approval of the fixes recommended by the audit, including creation of a program to coordinate and follow up on spill reports. The board should expedite those changes.

Meanwhile, though it isn't really swimming season yet, those concerned about beach safety can check out Heal the Bay's website at http://www.healthebay.org . It contains a report card grading water quality at California beaches — though it won't help in the event of an unreported spill because it's only updated once a week.

A few rules of thumb: Don't even think about swimming in Long Beach in the summer. Ditto for the beach between the Santa Monica Pier and Will Rogers State Beach. Other spots in L.A. County vary, though you're usually OK if you're not too close to a pier or a big storm drain. But if there has just been a storm, do your wading in the tub, not at the beach.

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타 카페에 올라온 질문입니다... 한번 봐 주세요.

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백상아리는 말을 재미있게 하려고 넣은 것일 뿐입니다. 나머지는, 들어가려 했더니 ... 소식이 들려오는구나...는 식의 문장이니 무리가 없습니다. you는 일반주어로 생각하세요. / 백상아리에 대한 말은 무슨 어감으로 한 말일까요. 당연히 오염물이 더 무섭다는 뜻일 겁니다. "하지만 백상아리 같은 것은 아무 것도 아니야. 물에 들어가도 안전하겠구나 하고 생각했더니 오수유입 경고 시스템이 끔찍하게 망가졌다는 소식이 들려오거든."

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만약 상어가 지금 바로 사라졌다면 just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water 이 부분이 현재시제가 되겠지만, 상어도 사라진지 오래되어 그런 인식이 이미 존재했다면 과거시제가 가능합니다. 그런 생각을 이제는 불가능한 과거일로 표현함으로써 현재의 오수 위협을 더 강조하는 표현이라고 생각됩니다.

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